Mariah Carey Re-Releases All I Want For Christmas Is You in Festive Dress

Fast, get the lights out of the storage — Mariah Carey has principally simply declared Christmas open.

The singer, 55, introduced final evening (October 9) that she is celebrating the 30 yr anniversary of her iconic 1994 Christmas album, Merry Christmas, by re-releasing its greatest hit, All I Need For Christmas Is You, with new cowl artwork. And Carey is leaning into the nostalgia issue by selecting to re-release the basic on each vinyl and cassette codecs.

Within the new photos shared by way of Instagram, she is seen carrying a figure-hugging “horny Santa” outfit, in addition to an extended, fluffy white robe, slashed to the thigh and trimmed with feathers. We’d count on nothing much less from absolutely the undisputed queen of Christmas.

However even self-confessed Christmas obsessive Carey has admitted it’s slightly early to truly take heed to the track. “Whereas it’s positively not time to take heed to Christmas music but!” she wrote within the caption. “I needed to share a glimpse of #MerryChristmas30 with you.” Nevertheless, a lot of her followers and well-known mates have respectfully disagreed within the feedback. “Oh sure it’s!” wrote DJ and producer D-Good. “My tree goes up simply after Halloween.”

Carey really teased the information earlier within the week, sharing a humorous Instagram Reel through which she’s seen yelling “Not but! Sorry! They all the time rush me!” at her pilot on a personal jet supposedly headed to the North Pole, with the acquainted opening twinkles of the track taking part in within the background. Even Santa Claus himself, by way of his official Instagram account, agreed, commenting “Not but! We’re not prepared…however SOON!”.

Since its unique launch in 1994, All I Need For Christmas Is You, which Carey co-wrote with Walter Afanasieff, has turn out to be one of many greatest hits of all time. Again then, it solely reached quantity six on the Billboard charts and quantity two within the UK and Japan. However, since streaming took over, it’s turn out to be one of many best-selling digital singles in historical past, promoting 16 million copies worldwide and hitting primary in over 30 international locations within the weeks earlier than Christmas, on account of it being an absolute must-play in workplaces, malls and at vacation events.

Even music critics love the track, with MTV’s Kyle Anderson calling it “an imposing anthem stuffed with chimes, sleigh bells, doo-wop prospers, sweeping strings and one of the vital dynamic and clear vocal performances of Carey’s profession” and The New Yorker’s Sasha Frere-Jones naming it as “one of many few worthy trendy additions to the vacation canon.”

Thus far, it’s made estimated royalties of $100 million — so a festive re-release for its anniversary is a shrewd transfer.

And if anybody deserves a merry Christmas this yr, it’s Carey. It’s been a troublesome few months for the singer, who misplaced her mom, Patricia Carey, 87, and sister, Alison Carey, 63, on the identical day in August of this yr.